The nation was taking another step toward republican control and the overthrow of the conservatives.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
Like the Social conservatives of all countries, like our own Young England party, for example, or the Tory Democrats of the present generation, they combine a warm zeal for popular amelioration with a profound distrust of popular government; but when compared with other socialists, they take a very sober view of the capacity of government of any kind; and although they believe implicitly in the "Social Monarchy of the Hohenzollerns," they doubt whether the strongest monarchy the world has ever seen would be strong enough to effect a socialistic reconstruction of the industrial system without retaining the existence for many centuries to come of the ancient institutions of private property and inheritance.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
Here a change came which probably caused the conservatives in the Senate some worry.
"History of the United States, Volume 6 (of 6)"
E. Benjamin Andrews